Boise State protects blue turf

Here’s something I didn’t know: Boise State has a full-time office of trademark licensing and enforcement, and anyone in the world – a high school in Texas, a college in New England, a university in Japan – who wants to install an artificial turf field of any color other than green must first check with that office. The New York Times reports today that Rachael Bickerton, a London-born former music-licensing lawyer who is Boise State’s director of trademark licensing and enforcement, defends “the iconic blue turf football field from any copycats who would dull its luster.” The full New York Times article is online here / Betsy Russell , Eye on Boise. More here.

Question: Which football turf is harder to look at — Boise State’s blue or Eastern Washington’s red?